With an eye on a major climate gathering in November, Marcy Winograd says a veterans’ group wants the White House to apologize for the way Pelosi unnecessarily escalated tension in the Asia Pacific.
US-China Climate Talks in Tatters
Category: United Nations
Biden’s Assassination of Al-Qaeda Leader Was Illegal
Since Zawahiri did not pose “an immediate international threat,” Marjorie Cohn says he should have been arrested and brought to justice in accordance with the law.
Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions as Biden Pledges Allegiance to Israel
During his visit, the U.S. president ignored the exclusion of the Palestinian people from Israel’s “democracy,” writes Marjorie Cohn.
Will Our Children Be Able to Read?
The sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future that young people will inherit, writes Vijay Prashad.
Evo Morales: UK Role in Coup That Ousted Him
Matt Kennard interviews the former president of Bolivia about a range of subjects — including the British-backed coup of 2019, Julian Assange, NATO and transnational corporations — at Morales’ house deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Hunger
The war in Ukraine has been catastrophic for world food prices, writes Vijay Prashad. But the problem didn’t start then.
UK Knew Terrorists Would Gain from Toppling Gaddafi
The revelation raises serious questions about British foreign policy and whether David Cameron misled Parliament, write Phil Miller and Mark Curtis.
The Architecture of Our Future
The anti-inflation policies driven by the U.S. and the Eurozone are not going to ease the burdens on the working class in their countries and certainly not in the debt-ridden Global South, writes Vijay Prashad.
Staying Out of Troubled Waters
Humberto Márquez reports on the new international non-alignment trend triggered by the war in Ukraine.
Land in South Africa & Those Who Work It
The process of colonialism dispossessed African farmers and converted them into either landless workers, unpaid labor tenants or the rural unemployed, writes Vijay Prashad.